Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-10

g o. property. The parties to control are = the B. &. O. Co. and a syndicate com 2 posed of J. s. Morgan 4 O., Barring Bros. < O., Brown. Stupky & Go, of : London. Drexel 4 O., of Philadelphia. : The most important point in the con - trsct provides that the management of the company should be placed in com- petent hands satisfactory to the syudi- cate.
 . LONDON. September 2.-Sir James ferguson's announcement in the House of Commons of 6 new fisheries commis- sion was an entire surprise to the pub. lio on this side of the water. Those that had known that negotiations were gong on did not know that they were SO near. Sir James Ferguson's was volunteered to the House. Nobody had asked a question nor has attention in England been directedsrecently to the subject.
 The government. however, has never been free from anxiety. They were
 quite aware of the hostile spirit in which Canada conducted her proceedings and they have long been apprehensive that the action Of Canada with American
 vessels migbt lead to serious collisions.
 All pressure has therefore come from
 England.
 The American government refused sn
 open discusslon for a new treaty while
 so many cases of Canadian outrage re-
 mained unsettled and unsahsfied under
 the old one. The scope of the commis-
 sion was not indicated by Sir James Ferguson, otherwise than as including all questions arising out of the North American fishenes. It is understood that It will have large powers Of inquiry will summon witnessee and am at reach | ing detnite conclusIons which may form
 basis of treaty between the two powere. The English press has received the news of the commission with expressions of mild satisfaction. Some discuss it as possessed of larger power than osn be ltgsted possibly to such body.
 What IS hoped here, however. is that | the commission may arrive at some | agreements on points incapable of strict | legal definition or not governed by pre- cedent, snoh as the headland question | and sundry others arising under the ex. | isting treaty. The Times maintains curious silense | though only the day before it hsd pub li>hed querulous article on the seizure | of British vessels In Alaskan waters. The premature statement here tonight | | ment at Washington for more reasons than one. It is understood, however, that President Cleveland has already settled the proposition of the American half of the commission. He will ap- point one Democrat, one Republican and one representative of the fishing inter- ests. The thres nomin ations have been agreed on and the positions sl- ready offered to individuals.
 WASHINGTON, September 2-The fol- lowing is a recspitulstion of the debt statement issued to-day:
 Interest bearing debt-PrincipAl, 60S53, 700. interest, slO, ll5. 300; total, s1.070 96S, ,0OG.
 Debt on which interest has ceased since msturity-Principal, s4. 397, 100. interest, $lS6, 5000; total, S4.5S4 GOO.
 Debt bearing no interest, $J97, ,453,- 800.
 Interest prepaid, not accrued, per debt cIrculsr, sl,075.3OO.
 Total debt-principal, sl, 1872. .705, ,301; interest. sll, ,376,5 total, s1,674. .0S1, 800. Less cssh items available for reduction | of debt, $259. .546.500. Total debt, less available cash, s3l4. .535 300.
 Net cash m TreasurE. S44, ,760 900. | Debt. less cash in treasury September 1st. sl, ,269, ,774 400. Debt. less cash in treasury August 1st, 1887, Sl. .274 ,5S3 800. ' Decrease of debt during tbe month, s4.sO9 800.
 1 Total amount available for the reduc- ton of debt, s259. .946.5O0.
 Reserve fund held for reduction of debt. S26. .259. 300.
 Certificates held as cash, S29. 9.424 900. Net cash in treasury, as shown by Tressursrer-G Generals account, s459, ,995,- 200.
 VICTORIA, B. B., September D. The steamer Olympisn arrived ss s o'clock this morning from Alaska. The captain stated that up to the time of the depart ure of the steamer from Sitka. thirteen seizures of sealing vessels had been re- ported From late copies or the Alaskan the following news is sleaned: At the sI.tIng of the special term of | the District Court. August 22 In the case cf the United States vs. Jones and Erickson and the American schooner Challenge, W. Clark made Rn application on behalf of the above, as captain and mate O. the Challenge. indicted on the 22i of July for illicit sealing. Counsel remarked thht the defendants were ready to proceed with the trial and claimed their constitutional privilege of i a speedy public hearing. The District Attorney replied that the government was not and would not be in readiness to proceed until the arrival of the Rush with the necessary evidence.
 The American schooner Annie, owned | hy James Loitin of San Francisco, Fly. | Brown. captain, arrived in SitkR on the 26th. Sue was captured by the Rush | about 75 miles west of Ounalasks. She | had on board 30S skins, which were de- lvered to the Marshall at Ounslssks. | Word arrived by the Anne. which left | 0unalssks on AugusI l2th. that 4i3 sealskins had been seized on PopOff island and landed there by the BrITish | schooner Lottie Fairfield. The number I of skins in the custody of Deputy Mar shaI Isaac Anderson. sf Ounslssks, up to August 1lih. amounted tO 3299. all of which are stored in the Alaska Com merce Compsny's warehouse. Mir. Clark petitioned the Court to have 57 seal skins found on board the San Diego, now lying in the port of San Francisco. in the Custody of United States Marshal | Atkins, ard in charge of the United | States Marshal for the District of San | Francisco, appraised with a view to bonding the same. In the petition It | was asked that the Court should request | some suitable persons ID San Francisco | to select appraisers and approve the | claimants bonds. The Court decided | that Mir. Clark insert in the order a re- | quest to Judge Hoffman, of the United | States Cour. for the district of San Fran | cisco, to act in the capacity ss prayed | for in the petition. The result will be | that upon Judge Hoffman acting in the | premises the release of the seslskins and their delivery to their owners wIll fol- low. L.. N. Hardy < Co.'s stipulation | in the above case was filed and approved by the court, and an order made reless- ing the property and delivering 1t into the hands of Captain w. s. Morrisey, attorney for the claimants. In accord snce with the request of Mr. Clark, Messrs. J. M. Vanderbilt, W. R. Mills, N. J. O. Arsdy. were appointed com mittes to spprsise the value of the schooner San Diego seized last year. They were sworn in and proceeded to work. The 577 skins on board when .o.-ol Ao rafuad at Aau Eran0faNo